Shoe-heel.



PATBNTED JULY 4, 1905.

E. LOCKER. SHOE HEEL. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1. 190

WITNESSES:

Patented July 4, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

EBEN LOG HER, OF LOCI-IER, VIRGINIA.

SHOE-HEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,669, dated July 4,1905.

Application filed July 1. 1904:. Serial No. 214,953.

To all whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, EBEN LOOHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Locher, in the county of Rockbridge and State of Virginia,have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Heels, of which thefollowing is a specification. v

This invention relates to shoe-heels.

The objects of the invention are to improve and simplify theconstruction of such heels.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of constructionhereinafter described and claimed as a practical embodiment of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is an under plan view of a heel constructed in accordance with theinvention. Fig. 2 lsa vertical irregular section on the line 2 2, 1.Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with the supplemental heel and theheel-plates removed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the supplemental heel.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a pronged nut used for attachingthe supplemental heel. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the pronged nut andfilling-piece.

Like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the heel portion of a shoe. Extendingthrough the several layers of the heel portion 1 and clenched upon theupper surface thereof are the prongs 2 of nuts 3 3 3, the body portionof each of which nuts extends below the lower surface of the heels, asshown in Fig. 2. Fitted between the prongs of each nut 3 is afillingpiece 5, in which is formed a screw-threaded socket. Each of thepronged nuts, preferably, is constructed of brass or other suitablematerial, and the filling-pieces 5 are composed of any cheaper metalcapable of receiving screwthreads in the socket thereof.

A supplemental heel 6, formed in its upper surface with apertures orrecesses? 7 7 to receive the pronged nuts 3, is fitted upon the lowersurface of the heel 4, said supplemental heel 6 being provided withbolt-holes 8, as shown in Fig. 4. The supplemental heel 6,

preferably, is constructed of wood, as this material has been found topossess the desirable qualities of inexpensiveness, strength, lightness,and durability. Fitted upon the lower surface of the supplemental heel 6is plate 9, which is formed with suitable countersunk perforations. Theplate 9 is constructed, preferably, of steel or metal suitable for thepurpose.

Extending through the plate 9 and supplemental heel 6 and engaging thenuts 3 are screw-bolts 10 10, each of which is formed with a notch tofacilitate its removal with a screw-driver. The notch in each of thebolts 10 ispreferably twice as deep as usual in order that wear upon thehead of the bolt will not render it impossible to employ a screwdriverin loosening the bolt.

Upon the end of the rear portion of the plate 9 is fitted a supplementalheel-plate 11, which is provided with upwardly-extending lugs 12, thatfit into suitable perforations in the plate 9, thus preventingdisplacement or turning movement of the supplemental plate 11 upon saidplate 9. The plate 11, which preferably is constructed of steel or othersuitable metal, is held in position upon the plate 9 by means of ascrew-bolt 13, which extends through said plate 11, plate 9,supplemental heel 6, and engages one of the pronged nuts 3, thescrew-threaded end of said bolt 13 extending through the pronged nut 3and engaging the screw-threaded socket in the filling-piece 5, thisbeing the case also with the bolts l0 10.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the improved heel ofthis invention is adapted to be removed readily and replaced by asimilar heel, the only operation necessary being to loosen thescrew-bolts l0 and 13. Furthermore, the plate 11 or the plates 11 and 9may be removed and replaced by others whenever they become worn.

The construction described is simple, inexpensive, and thoroughlypractical. novel combination and arrangement of parts and in its detailsit presents an improvement over prior devices of a similar character.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isl. Thecombination of a shoe having In its pronged nuts clenched in its heel, asupplemental heel fitted upon the first-mentioned heel, a plate upon thesupplemental heel, screw-bolts extending through the plate andsupplemental heel and engaging the nuts, a supplemental heel-plate uponthe first-mentioned heel-plate, and a fastening device extending throughthe two heel-plates and supplemental heel and engaging one of the pronged nuts.

2. The combination of a shoe having pronged nuts clenched in its heel,the heads of the nuts extending below the lower surface of the heel, afilling-piece disposed between the prongs of each nut and formed with ascrew-threaded socket, a supplemental'heel having recesses to receivethe pronged nuts and fitted upon the lower surface of the heel,

a heel-plate fitted upon the supplemental heel, screw-bolts extendingthrough the forward portion of the heel-plate and supplemental heel, andengaging the pronged nuts anolthe socketeol filling-pieces thereof, asupplemental heel-plate upon the rear portion of the firstmentionedheel-plate, lugs upon the supplemental heel-plate extending through thefirstmentioned heel-plate, and a screw-bolt extending through the twoheel-plates and supplemental heel and engaging one of the pronged nutsand the socketed filling-piece therein.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EBEN LOCHER.

Witnesses:

JOHN J. fILL, H. O. Loonnn.

